List of awards and honours received by Helmut Kohl
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The following is a list of accolades and honors conferred upon the sixth chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, Helmut Kohl.
Honorary degrees and citizenships
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^1 – Given on 9 November 1992, the third anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall to Kohl, Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev.[2]
^2 – Received on 11 December 1998 at the Hofburg Palace, Vienna. The only other honorary citizenship of Europe was given to Jean Monnet in 1976.[2][3]
Accolades
| Year | Accolade | Institution | Note |
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| 1977 | Order of Merit of the Italian Republic[4] |  President of Italy |
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| 1984 | Grand Cross of the Order of Christ[5] |  President of Portugal |
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| 1988 | Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Henry[5] | President of Portugal |
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| Charlemagne Prize[6] |  City of Aachen, Society for the Conferring of the International Charlemagne Prize of Aachen |
For "distinguished service on behalf of European unification", joint recipient with François Mitterrand. | |
| 1990 | Coudenhove-Kalergi-Europapreis[7] |  European Society Coudenhove-Kalergi |
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| 1991 | Europe Prize for Statesmanship[4] | Alfred Toepfer Stiftung F.V.S. |
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| 1993 | Deutscher Medienpreis (de)[8] | Media Control (de) |
Laudation by Jens Feddersen (de). |
| 1994 | Bavarian Order of Merit[4] | Minister-President of Bavaria |
Laudation by Edmund Stoiber. |
| Konrad-Adenauer-Freiheitspreis[4] | Germany Foundation |
For life achievement towards freedom, peace and unity. Laudation by Otto von Habsburg. | |
| 1995 | Concord-Preis[4] | City of Krefeld |
For merit towards a German-American partnership. |
| 1996 | Presidential Gold Medal[4] |  B'nai B'rith |
Laudation by Shimon Peres. |
| European of the Year[4] |  La Vie |
Laudation by Jacques Delors. | |
| Order of Ouissam Alaouite[4]’[9] |  King of Morocco |
Received from Hassan II of Morocco. | |
| Eric M. Warburg Award[10] | Atlantik-Brücke |
Laudation by George H. W. Bush.[4] | |
| Honorary membership[4] |  Society of Indonesian Engineers |
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| Prince of Asturias Award in International Cooperation[11] |  Princess of Asturias Foundation |
Received from Felipe VI of Spain, then Prince of Asturias. | |
| 1997 | Leo-Baeck-Preis[12] | Central Council of Jews in Germany |
Laudation by George Weidenfeld, Baron Weidenfeld.[4] |
| The George C. Marshall Foundation Award[13] | George C. Marshall Foundation |
Received from Madeleine Albright at a Gala Dinner celebrating the 50th Anniversary of The Marshall Plan Speech in Washington, D.C.[14] | |
| Europäischer St.-Ulrichs-Preis (de)[15] | Europäische St.-Ulrichs-Stiftung, Dillingen an der Donau |
Laudation by Theo Waigel.[4] | |
| Vision for Europe Award[4] |  Edmond Israel Foundation |
For "tireless commitment in the interest of European integration". | |
| 1998 | Order of the White Eagle[4] |  President of Poland |
Received from Aleksander Kwaśniewski. |
| Grand Cross in Special Design of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany[16] | President of Germany |
Only the second - after Konrad Adenauer - to receive this honour. Received from Roman Herzog. | |
| 1999 | Order of the Netherlands Lion[4] |  Kingdom of the Netherlands |
Recognised as "Chancellor of Europe", received from Wim Kok. |
| Order of Leopold[4] |  Kingdom of Belgium |
Received from Jean-Luc Dehaene. | |
| Presidential Medal of Freedom[17] | President of the United States of America |
Received from Bill Clinton. | |
| Statesman of the Decade[18] | EastWest Institute |
Laudation by Henry Kissinger. Ceremony attended by George H. W. Bush and Kofi Annan. | |
| Goldene Henne (de)[19] | Superillu, Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk, Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg |
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| St.-Liborius-Medaille für Einheit und Frieden (de)[20] | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Paderborn |
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| Olympic Order[21][22] |  International Olympic Committee |
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| 2000 | Millennium Medal[4] |  Government of Hungary |
Received from Viktor Orbán. |
| Preis des Westfälischen Friedens (de)[23] | Wirtschaftliche Gesellschaft für Westfalen und Lippe e. V. |
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| 2001 | Elsie-Kühn-Leitz-Preis (de)[24] | Vereinigung Deutsch-Französischer Gesellschaften für Europa (de) |
For "an active contribution towards German-French relations". |
| 2003 | Order of Merit[4] | Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques |
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| 2004 | International Adalbert Prize[25] | Adalbert-Stiftung (de) |
Laudation by Władysław Bartoszewski. |
| Alcide de Gasperi Prize[4] | Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the death of Alcide de Gasperi. | ||
| 2005 | Global Leadership Award[26] | Chicago Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Point-Alpha-Preis (de)[27] | Kuratorium Deutsche Einheit e.V. |
First recipient, joint with George H. W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev. | |
| Franz Josef Strauß-Preis (de)[28] | Hanns Seidel Foundation |
Laudation by Theo Waigel. | |
| Quadriga[29] | Verein Werkstatt Deutschland |
Laudation by Mikhail Gorbachev. | |
| 2006 | Special award of the Konrad Adenauer Prize for Municipal Politics[30] | Kommunalpolitische Vereinigung der CDU und CSU Deutschlands |
Laudation by Roland Koch.[4] |
| Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana[31] |  President of Estonia |
Received from Prime Minister Andrus Ansip. | |
| Carlos V. European Award[32][33] | European Academy of Yuste Foundation |
Received from Juan Carlos I of Spain. | |
| Honorary membership[4] | Alfred-Delp-Gesellschaft |
For "promoting the remembrance of the military resistance" in National Socialism. | |
| 2007 | Médaille d'or[34] |  Jean Monnet Foundation for Europe |
Received from Micheline Calmy-Rey. |
| Prize for Understanding and Tolerance[35] | Jewish Museum, Berlin |
Laudation by Salomon Korn, Vice-President of the Central Council of Jews in Germany. | |
| 2009 | BILD Osgar (de)[36] | Media Prize of Bild |
Joint recipient with George H. W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev. |
| Distinguished Leadership Award[37] | Atlantic Council |
Joint recipient with George H. W. Bush. | |
| Hanns Martin Schleyer Prize[38] | Hanns Martin Schleyer Foundation |
Laudation by Jean-Claude Juncker. | |
| Millennium Bambi Award[39] | Hubert Burda Media |
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| 2010 | Roland Berger Preis für Menschenwürde (de)[40] | Roland Berger Stiftung (de) |
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| Grand Order of Queen Jelena[4] |  Republic of Croatia |
Received in Ludwigshafen. | |
| 2011 | Henry A. Kissinger Prize[41] | / American Academy in Berlin |
Laudations by Bill Clinton and Robert B. Zoellick. Remarks by Angela Merkel and Philip D. Murphy. |
| Special Prize "Golden Bridge of Dialogue 2010"[42] | / Haus der Deutsch-Polnischen Zusammenarbeit (de) |
For "extraordinary merit toward German-Polish reconciliation". | |
| Pfälzer Löwe[43] | Bezirksverband Pfalz (de) |
Laudation by Philipp Mißfelder. |
Namesakes
- In 1995, the Institute of European Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, founded in 1991, was renamed Helmut Kohl Institute in his honor.[44][45]
- Several streets in Germany bear his name.